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i wanted to just bank commissioner murphy -- sank commissioner murphy and -- thank commissioner murphy and hechanova for briefing me on what it would be like to sit on this commission. it is important for everyone to understand we are a citizen commission. some of us come from different places. some of us were landlords. some of us were in the professions, whether architecture, engineering, and construction, and we bring some of those experiences with us, but it is different when you are up here. it is not your projectit is not. it is other people's projects. what commissioner lee said is a very important. we want to keep things open. i want to think three commissioners. romero, murphy, and hechanova. i think we have moved forward, because we have kept political debate open and honest. while we have not always agree, i really appreciate, especially commissioner murphy and hechanova, who brought me in and told me, like commissioner murphy said, tell us face-to- face in disagreements. sometimes we argue things out, sometimes in public. but that is part of the process. that is part of the
i wanted to just bank commissioner murphy -- sank commissioner murphy and -- thank commissioner murphy and hechanova for briefing me on what it would be like to sit on this commission. it is important for everyone to understand we are a citizen commission. some of us come from different places. some of us were landlords. some of us were in the professions, whether architecture, engineering, and construction, and we bring some of those experiences with us, but it is different when you are up...
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commissioner murphy: no. commissioner walker: yes. >> the motion fails 4-2. commissioner lee: i would like to move that we continue the budget hearing. >> public comment on the motion to continue the budget? ok, seeing none, i will do an additional roll call vote on the motion to continue the budget to our next meeting. commissioner hechanova: yes. commissioner mar: yes. commissioner clinch: yes. commissioner lee: yes. commissioner walker: yes. >> the motion carried unanimously. item three, a discussion to and then permit extension procedures. >> we had a public advisory committee meeting, and i have attached a draft of the proposed changes to the building codes regarding the extension and cancellations of permit applications and issued permits. as you can see in the blue column, which is the last meeting that we had, they asked to have the application expiration for over $1 million extended for 720 days instead of 360 days, which is two years instead of one year. that would allow them pay once s for projects over $1 million, per our fee table. the other chan
commissioner murphy: no. commissioner walker: yes. >> the motion fails 4-2. commissioner lee: i would like to move that we continue the budget hearing. >> public comment on the motion to continue the budget? ok, seeing none, i will do an additional roll call vote on the motion to continue the budget to our next meeting. commissioner hechanova: yes. commissioner mar: yes. commissioner clinch: yes. commissioner lee: yes. commissioner walker: yes. >> the motion carried...
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commissioner murphy: yes. commissioner melgar: yes. >> the motion carries unanimously, and the budget is approved. commissioner hechanova: thank you very much, pam, and your crew. >> onto item number 5, directors report. 5a, update on dbi's finances. >> good morning. i am with finance services that the dbi. i wanted to talk about the finance report. i put their revenue chart up on the screen. so our revenue projections are actually quite similar to what we have been talking about in the past. we are continuing to receive more funds than we expected undercharges for services. that is pretty much our main surplus in revenue projection. everything else is coming in fairly close to what we had budgeted for this year. we do expect it to continue to come in very close to budget. so we are not projecting a surplus, except for in charges for services. we do see increased amounts there. everything else, like i said, is pretty much what we expected. we are seeing less refunds than we had anticipated. we were anticipatin
commissioner murphy: yes. commissioner melgar: yes. >> the motion carries unanimously, and the budget is approved. commissioner hechanova: thank you very much, pam, and your crew. >> onto item number 5, directors report. 5a, update on dbi's finances. >> good morning. i am with finance services that the dbi. i wanted to talk about the finance report. i put their revenue chart up on the screen. so our revenue projections are actually quite similar to what we have been talking...
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commissioner murphy: tom, you are far too modest. how many of these projects that you mentioned are already out of planning? >> ok, some of them, like 10 market street, $200 million. they stopped. and then go. now they are going ahead with the foundation. but still, we have had in them clauses for the structure and the architecture under review. and then, also, 2 rincon hill is coming up, and those are approved by planning. we're lucky enough to have planning ok, and then we will be able to. there is lansing, 45 lansing. stopped and now going back again. commissioner murphy: so for some of these companies like salesforce, they're staying within their envelope of some of these buildings? >> right now, i heard salesforce as a special agent to review it right now. they dismantled the agency. but we have a meeting with development and with everybody. we say we are going to help them move the process in parallel with development at that time. commissioner murphy: i just wanted to congratulate you, tom. you have done a great job to get tha
commissioner murphy: tom, you are far too modest. how many of these projects that you mentioned are already out of planning? >> ok, some of them, like 10 market street, $200 million. they stopped. and then go. now they are going ahead with the foundation. but still, we have had in them clauses for the structure and the architecture under review. and then, also, 2 rincon hill is coming up, and those are approved by planning. we're lucky enough to have planning ok, and then we will be able...
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commissioner murphy: here. vice-president walker is excused. we have a quorum. the next item is election of officers, president, and vice president. commissioner lee: why don't i start by welcoming our new commissioner. i wanted to mention that she has joined us. regarding the agenda item, election of officers, i would like to propose that maybe we push this off until next meeting when we have a full seven members here. would that be ok? motion? commissioner murphy: i will second that. >> any public comment on the motion to continue this item? seeing none, can we had a roll call vote on the motion to continue the election of officers? commissioner lee: yes. commissioner clinch: yes. commissioner hechanova: yes. commissioner mar: yes. commissioner murphy: yes. >> the motion carried unanimously. the next item is the oath. will all parties giving testimony today please stand and give -- raise your right hand? all parties in the audience. yes, if you are going to give testimony. do you swear that the testimony you are about to give is the truth to the best of your k
commissioner murphy: here. vice-president walker is excused. we have a quorum. the next item is election of officers, president, and vice president. commissioner lee: why don't i start by welcoming our new commissioner. i wanted to mention that she has joined us. regarding the agenda item, election of officers, i would like to propose that maybe we push this off until next meeting when we have a full seven members here. would that be ok? motion? commissioner murphy: i will second that. >>...
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commissioner mar: -- commissioner murphy: just one more thing. in fairness, our director tweaks this budget, and she was -- i believe she is definitely on the right track as far as some of the changes she is talking about making, and i appreciate that. i just want to say that. >> thank you. commissioner hechanova: commissioners? >> let me add my comment also before we put it to action. the category being that we are trying to propose this year's budget, but also, coincident with that is for the second year, given one, operating and one being a project that will be adjustable relative to what we will perform this year. dbi as an enterprise department has also the category by which we are kind of lagging if we do not have the personnel or at least the budget in place necessary to address the issues relative to categories that we could almost fill those vacancies by virtue of what is the pool of technical talent that will not only need now, but also a pool that basically is being impeded by the ability to hire and bring them on. effectively staff to
commissioner mar: -- commissioner murphy: just one more thing. in fairness, our director tweaks this budget, and she was -- i believe she is definitely on the right track as far as some of the changes she is talking about making, and i appreciate that. i just want to say that. >> thank you. commissioner hechanova: commissioners? >> let me add my comment also before we put it to action. the category being that we are trying to propose this year's budget, but also, coincident with...
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dan murphy, tim colin. >> commissioners, i'm dan murphy.ç of the eastern neighborhood c.e.c. and privateç developer both committees with a special focus on the east side. two weeks i was here and i raised the topic of implementation impediments and i promised to come back and given the lack of time i'm just going to focus on one and it relates directly to the plans -- if you recall, the plan is expected to produce about 10,000 housing units and depending on which document you look at up to approximately 13,000 new jobs over the life of the plan. i want to specifically talk about impediments related to job production. linda,ç can i have the overhea please? i thought it might be helpful to highlight a real life example. currently i control a 3.3 acre parcel on showplace square which is surrounded by the california collegeç of arts and it's two blocks north of the daddaga triangle, which i worked with this commission on. in august of last year it was fully approved and we expect it will be under construction here in the next few months. the concept that i'm working to call
dan murphy, tim colin. >> commissioners, i'm dan murphy.ç of the eastern neighborhood c.e.c. and privateç developer both committees with a special focus on the east side. two weeks i was here and i raised the topic of implementation impediments and i promised to come back and given the lack of time i'm just going to focus on one and it relates directly to the plans -- if you recall, the plan is expected to produce about 10,000 housing units and depending on which document you look at...
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bart murphy. guadaloupe, and manava. forgive me if i am pronouncing these names wrong. line up, and you have two minutes. next speaker. >> thank you. good evening, everyone. i am from the human rights commission, and we are happy to say that we are taking all complaints and reworking santh city issues right now. so if you have any issues, either have been discriminated against or know someone who has an issue about the city of san francisco not respecting the sanctuary ordinance, come to us. we can take complaints there by phone, e-mail or mail, whatever is easiest for you. i am going to leave some forms over there, so if anyone wants to talk to us about problems, they can do it. also, they can visit our website. just a few things about it. we respect your confidentiality status, which means i am not going to ask you whether you are current or not. we are not even going to ask you about your name if you don't want to give it. it is a completely confidential process. it is going to be only about trying to investigate possible abuse and try to discuss with the city depart
bart murphy. guadaloupe, and manava. forgive me if i am pronouncing these names wrong. line up, and you have two minutes. next speaker. >> thank you. good evening, everyone. i am from the human rights commission, and we are happy to say that we are taking all complaints and reworking santh city issues right now. so if you have any issues, either have been discriminated against or know someone who has an issue about the city of san francisco not respecting the sanctuary ordinance, come to...
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commissioner murphy: i like the word being cautious. i think we've been really cautious on the fifth floor. i've been talking about understaffed on the fifth floor. they said they get permits through over there. this is the time we should be talking about it, and we are talking about it. you guys have put this in the budget? if people. until someone starts telling me they have a turnaround of 30 minutes when i go up to cash my check, you are not going to hear me talking about it anymore, right now we're still hearing that. and is now the time to deal with it, not six months from now? we've been asking for cashier's for two years and have never been able to get them. plan checkers
commissioner murphy: i like the word being cautious. i think we've been really cautious on the fifth floor. i've been talking about understaffed on the fifth floor. they said they get permits through over there. this is the time we should be talking about it, and we are talking about it. you guys have put this in the budget? if people. until someone starts telling me they have a turnaround of 30 minutes when i go up to cash my check, you are not going to hear me talking about it anymore, right...
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i'd like to thank mary mcdonagh murphy, who joined us from new york via skype, and john -- john is actually a descendant of the first chief justice of the u.s. supreme court. paulette frankl, "lust for justice," tony serra, and sheldon siegal. so before we take a break, i do have a surprise. a few years ago, i guess six or seven years ago, i met an amazing artist. i was visiting his home. and he had created this wonderful sculpture. i immediately recognized it as being clarence. it turned out that he had created a number of just amazing sculptures of trial lawyers. and he went on to do one of clara fults, the first woman attorney in california and became the leader of the public defender movement. and just by happenstance, he called me and had this idea of encapsulating one of the greatest trial attorneys of our times. so, bill? is he here? this is not a magistrate. [laughing] -- not a magic trick. >> i've never met tony serra, so i have to make use of the internet to get a sense of who he was and the imagery. what clearly came over was his passion for justice. and in some cases almost a ra
i'd like to thank mary mcdonagh murphy, who joined us from new york via skype, and john -- john is actually a descendant of the first chief justice of the u.s. supreme court. paulette frankl, "lust for justice," tony serra, and sheldon siegal. so before we take a break, i do have a surprise. a few years ago, i guess six or seven years ago, i met an amazing artist. i was visiting his home. and he had created this wonderful sculpture. i immediately recognized it as being clarence. it...
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director and staff have been working diligently on it and have come with some possible solutions, as murphy w3just mentioned. i have been in a few of the meetings here and there over this, particularly with people in dog patch and the crow hill -- petro hill -- petero hilçre, and groups from mission bay. that is going to move forward, only if the projectç itself mos forward. i also have been fortunate enough to have been on high- speed rail in europe and asia, and it works. it works fantastically. i see no reason why it would not work here. commissioner more -- moore? commissioner moore:ç i am generally in support of the statements made. w3i do support the level of detail they are touching on, whicht( i assume would be impli, that does not only apply to the final product of high speed rail, but applies to the electrified portions we currently have as well, because the two pieces are part of the same strategy. what i wouldç hope is that -- i am not trying to hector the pr))q(u -- is this the way of high speed longer than expected, with the transbay terminal as the endpoint for high s
director and staff have been working diligently on it and have come with some possible solutions, as murphy w3just mentioned. i have been in a few of the meetings here and there over this, particularly with people in dog patch and the crow hill -- petro hill -- petero hilçre, and groups from mission bay. that is going to move forward, only if the projectç itself mos forward. i also have been fortunate enough to have been on high- speed rail in europe and asia, and it works. it works...
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commissioner murphy: yes. >> the motion carried unanimously. commissioner lee: you have another three months. >> thank you very much to all. and the next, the approval of the minutes. commissioner lee: ok, we are back to the minutes. >> commissioners, if you would like additional time to review these sets of minutes, you could continue this item to a future meeting, but if you want to vote on them now, you can do so. commissioner murphy: i think it is the to commissionerme melgard. i have read them. i made the motion. commissioner lee: there is a motion to accept all the meeting minutes with the header. is there a second? >> the motion is by commissioner murphy to approve all four sets of minutes with the request of adding the change of header. is there a second? >> second. >> any public comment on this motion? seeing none, i will take a roll call vote. commissioner lee: yes. commissioner clinch: yes. commissioner hechanova: yes. commissioner mar: yes. commissioner murphy: yes. commission unbacer melgard: yes. >> the motion is approved unanimou
commissioner murphy: yes. >> the motion carried unanimously. commissioner lee: you have another three months. >> thank you very much to all. and the next, the approval of the minutes. commissioner lee: ok, we are back to the minutes. >> commissioners, if you would like additional time to review these sets of minutes, you could continue this item to a future meeting, but if you want to vote on them now, you can do so. commissioner murphy: i think it is the to commissionerme...
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the south one was bigger and the murphy mill built in 1908. the largest wind mill outside of hol land and recently taken apart and shipped back to hlollhol land and they called me other day and the sprinkler and the building and it's constantly moving and it vibrates and you have to isolate them. sutro bath was the largest swimming area in the world and it was - it had 20,000 bathing suits for rent just to give you an idea of the size of this thing. it had restaurants and -- >> different pools and different hot water pools, different cold water pools. this was for the poor. the rich it their own pipe from sutro that pumped water all the way down to the private clubs like the elk club, the metropolitan club and marines memmal and they had silent watesaltwater swimming pd everyone else went to the baths and the thing to do was go swimming in a salt water pool particularly heated. >> healthy. >> i remember going out there as a kid and by the time i was there before it was burned down and converted to a ice skating rink and egyptian museum. >> her
the south one was bigger and the murphy mill built in 1908. the largest wind mill outside of hol land and recently taken apart and shipped back to hlollhol land and they called me other day and the sprinkler and the building and it's constantly moving and it vibrates and you have to isolate them. sutro bath was the largest swimming area in the world and it was - it had 20,000 bathing suits for rent just to give you an idea of the size of this thing. it had restaurants and -- >> different...
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. >> commissioners, dan murphy. eastern neighborhood city advisory committee had. ç-- head. i heard the final portion of the previous speaker's comments, but i would concur. i didt( not see the language in the resolution. i was hoping to seezv something that says everybody loves high- speed rail done right. i think that is essentially the message the previous speaker expressed. i want to reiterate that. çi know our incredibly capable planning staff have gone over this issue. theyym have come upwi
. >> commissioners, dan murphy. eastern neighborhood city advisory committee had. ç-- head. i heard the final portion of the previous speaker's comments, but i would concur. i didt( not see the language in the resolution. i was hoping to seezv something that says everybody loves high- speed rail done right. i think that is essentially the message the previous speaker expressed. i want to reiterate that. çi know our incredibly capable planning staff have gone over this issue. theyym...
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murphy gave a lot of money for it. >> what decided the boundaries and the location of golden gate park? >> it was a deal that they basically cut in 1868. the up side lands were up for grabs. it was u.s. government land, san francisco land, and then you had these squatters. these were rich men who decided maybe they could make some money. >> you put up a fence and you owned the land. >> it can to a compromise. squatters get some. you have certain military things reserved, government. we will create a public park. everyone donated a certain amount to create golden gate park. they also created smaller parks. there were all part of the deal. >> a lot of people got moved closer to downtown as part of the deal. if you are out in the middle of nowhere land and had a couple of acres, they would trade you a better acres somewhere else. >> how was it decided to put it where it is? >> it was controversial. people thought they could not put a park there because it was all sand dunes. people were pushing for a large city park in other places. it was a political compromise. >> between lincoln and fu
murphy gave a lot of money for it. >> what decided the boundaries and the location of golden gate park? >> it was a deal that they basically cut in 1868. the up side lands were up for grabs. it was u.s. government land, san francisco land, and then you had these squatters. these were rich men who decided maybe they could make some money. >> you put up a fence and you owned the land. >> it can to a compromise. squatters get some. you have certain military things reserved,...